Political Quotes

“Who could be against homeland security? I guess anybody out there in the public would want to know why should there even be a debate about what we do about homeland security. But the reality is that all of us are for homeland security. The question is how do we get there. That is what this debate is all about. One of the things that the professor raised was the fact that even with this new Department of Homeland Security, there are going to be so many more responsibilities placed on local governments, at the State level, at the county level, at the Federal level. And in this bill, though it is presumed that it is, there are not dollars there to support these local agencies to do that job. When I think about it, and we thought about it in the session, if something happens in Cleveland, Ohio, I am not going to call the FBI; I am going to call 911, and 911 is going to call the Cleveland Police Department. But in this legislation, I do not believe there is adequate increase of dollars going to cities.”